Showing the Path Forward
Former Canadian international appearing at Nanaimo soccer tryouts
NANAIMO - A former member of the Canadian men's soccer team is coming to the Harbour City to look over the next generation.Marco Bustos will be at tryouts for a local soccer academy on Friday, June 12, passing on some wisdom and meeting young soccer players trying out for Matchday Soccer School.Nanaimo United and VIU M...
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road works
Summer resurfacing of Duke Point Hwy. and rural Nanaimo sideroads planned
NANAIMO - A $17 million project is poised to improve driving conditions on a number of Island highways and rural side roads, including a large number in Nanaimo. A section of Hwy. 19, between the Trans Canada Hwy. and Duke Point ferry terminal, is included in the work poised to be completed over the summer months, as a...
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Canada Post moves to convert nearly half a million more homes to community mailboxes
Canada Post is rolling out the latest phase of its transition from door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes, selecting more than three dozen communities that will undergo the conversion starting next year. Spanning seven provinces and 37 communitie...
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Gang Enforcement Team arrest two in Nanaimo, confiscate 'significant quantity' of drugs
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Showing the Path Forward
Former Canadian international appearing at Nanaimo soccer tryouts
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road works
Summer resurfacing of Duke Point Hwy. and rural Nanaimo sideroads planned
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Nanaimo, Parksville and Area
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VIDEO: Four-legged emu chick hatches at Nanaimo farm
NANAIMO - A newly hatched baby emu is thriving, despite a significant birth defect discovered over the weekend: four legs, instead of two. The animal hatched naturally on Saturday, June 6, at Back to Nature Acres farm, on Frost Rd. near Nanaimo Airport, with owners Celina Knuff and her fiancé Nick finding the un...
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Suspected impaired driving crash closes Hammond Bay Rd.
NANAIMO - Investigators closed a section of Hammond Bay Rd. early Thursday morning after a serious two-vehicle collision, believed to be caused by impaired driving.Nanaimo Fire Rescue, along with paramedics and RCMP were called to the intersection of Hammond Bay Rd. and Dunn Pl. on Thursday, June 11 just after 4:50 a.m...
Jun 11, 2026
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extra service
BC Ferries summer schedule takes effect
NANAIMO - In what will almost certainly be the busiest and perhaps most challenging summer for BC Ferries, extra sailings on key routes are in now effect. Fast-tracked two weeks earlier than usual, BC Ferries implemented its enhanced summer schedule on Thursday, June 11, which lasts through Sept. 7. Overall, 1,800 extr...
Jun 11, 2026
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remains in custody
Arrest made in connection to Nanaimo park shooting
NANAIMO - Local Mounties made an arrest in connection to a recent evening shooting in the city's south end. One individual was arrested, although charges have not been laid, following what police called a "targeted shooting" at Knowles Park, on the corner of Victoria Rd. and Rainer St. just before 9 p.m. on J...
Jun 10, 2026
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vacancy rates
Hotel bookings during World Cup down from last year, but B.C. minister sees positives
VICTORIA - British Columbia's jobs minister isn't disputing hotel data that suggests Vancouver hotel vacancies on World Cup game days are down sharply compared to the same dates last year. But Ravi Kahlon takes a positive view of analytics provided by ...
Jun 10, 2026
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10 years & thousands of bikes: Bikes for Kids keeps the mid-Island rolling
NANAIMO - Approaching a decade in operation with no sign of slowing down, a local organization continues to provide free bikes for anyone who needs them. Bikes for Kids collects unused and damaged bikes, which are repaired by a group of volunteers and then delivered to those who need them free of charge through various...
Jun 10, 2026
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British Columbia
B.C. firm 'over the moon' about contract to chart Canada's role in lunar exploration
VANCOUVER - Shaun Riddell is "over the moon" - figuratively, if not quite yet literally - since his Langley, B.C., firm was named among three companies hired by the Canadian Space Agency to lay the groundwork for human and robotic missions to the lunar...
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B.C. toxic drug deaths show another steep decline, down 32 per cent in April
VICTORIA - Overdose deaths in British Columbia are continuing to fall sharply, with April's toll down by almost a third compared to the same month last year. The BC Coroners Service recorded 119 deaths in April due to suspected illicit toxic drugs, dow...
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Dead grey whale found off B.C. coast brings total count this year to 10
VANCOUVER - Another dead grey whale has been discovered off the British Columbia coast, marking the 10th such discovery so far this year. The Fisheries Department says the latest whale was spotted floating in the waters off Cape Scott Provincial Park,...
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mail service
Canada Post moves to convert nearly half a million more homes to community mailboxes
Canada Post is rolling out the latest phase of its transition from door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes, selecting more than three dozen communities that will undergo the conversion starting next year. Spanning seven provinces and 37 communitie...
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Parent fined after 12-year-old youth hurt in e-scooter crash in North Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER - The parent of a 12-year-old in North Vancouver has been ticketed after their child was injured when the e-scooter they were riding crashed into a car. RCMP say the crash happened on a local street on Wednesday when the child on the el...
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AltaGas in talks with more Asian customers to supply fuels from B.C. terminal: CEO
CALGARY - The chief executive of AltaGas Ltd. says the company is in talks with customers in India, Vietnam, Taiwan and other Asian markets to supply Canadian propane and butane as it expands its export infrastructure footprint on the West Coast. Many...
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Showing the Path Forward
Former Canadian international appearing at Nanaimo soccer tryouts
NANAIMO - A former member of the Canadian men's soccer team is coming to the Harbour City to look over the next generation.Marco Bustos will be at tryouts for a local soccer academy on Friday, June 12, passing on some wisdom and meeting young soccer players trying out for Matchday Soccer School.Nanaimo United and VIU M...
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Best in BC
NDSS senior girls earn AAA provincial soccer crown
NANAIMO - The NDSS senior girls' soccer team are AAA provincial champions. The squad was triumphant during a recent 16-team tournament in Kamloops, after finishing second at the Island Championships in May. Looking back through the school's history, coach Jonathan McKenzie believes it's the first time ever. "As fa...
Jun 07, 2026
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Local Competition
Island Time to bring a close to Nanaimo gymnastics season
NANAIMO - The last event of the season has arrived for the athletes at the Nanaimo Gymnastics School.The second annual Island Time is more focused on fun than competition, taking place at the Nanaimo Ice Centre on June 6 and 7.Coach and organizer Tracy Welbourn said it's been a vision of hers for about ten years."...
Jun 06, 2026
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Looking Back
Clipper netminder takes top prize at annual awards event
NANAIMO - The Clippers celebrated their season and remarkable playoff run with an awards ceremony and gathering of mostly team billets and volunteers.The Tuesday, May 26, celebration came just a few days removed from the end of the team's playoff run, which ended in Brooks on Friday, May 22, and featured speeches and a...
May 28, 2026
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Overtime Hurdle
Clippers lose titanic struggle in BCHL Finals to defending champion Brooks
BROOKS - The Clippers lost a fourth straight overtime game to the Brooks Bandits to lose out in five games in the BCHL Finals.After taking the first game by a score of 3-1 Nanaimo lost three straight 2-1 decisions and went down 4-3 in the series finale.The Bandits have now won back to back BCHL championships while Nana...
May 23, 2026
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Overtime Road Block
Clippers come heartbreakingly close but lose third straight OT game in BCHL Finals
NANAIMO - The Clippers did almost everything a team can do to get a win over the Brooks Bandits in Game 4 of the BCHL Finals but lost a third straight 2-1 overtime game.The Bandits have emerged victorious in games beyond 60 minutes in Games 2,3 and 4.It felt very similar to the first three games in Game 4 with tight ch...
May 21, 2026
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Canada
Canada pledges $100M for Palestinians facing settler violence, humanitarian crisis
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has announced $100 million in federal funding to support Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. She unveiled the funding in Paris, where western leaders are meeting to discuss mounting cha...
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Ottawa to table bill to keep products of forced labour out of Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to table a bill Friday that would change the way Canada bars imports of products made with forced labour. The move is being seen as a response to the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump mulling new tariff...
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Fans marching to Toronto Stadium ahead of first World Cup game on Canadian soil
TORONTO - Thousands of excited soccer fans descended on Toronto Stadium on Friday as Canada's FIFA World Cup opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina was set to get underway, marking the first of its kind on Canadian soil. Fans arrived in droves at the tempor...
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BC Hydro expects World Cup and hot weather to trigger record spring power consumption
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says the province's spring power demand is expected to hit historic highs due to both the arrival of warm weather and consumption linked to the FIFA World Cup. The province's electric utility says in a statement that British Columb...
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Lutnick leading charge on Gordie Howe Bridge ahead of delay: White House official
WASHINGTON - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been leading the charge in the Trump administration on the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which has seen its opening delayed at the request of the United States, a White House official said Fri...
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Supreme Court rules New Brunswick lieutenant-governor must be bilingual
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick must be able to perform their functions in both official languages. In a 6-3 decision released Friday, the court said appointing a lieutenant-governor who can'...
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World
Pope tells traffickers of migrants in the Canary Islands: Stop, repent or face God's wrath
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) - Pope Leo XIV warned people smugglers on Friday that they will face God's wrath for exploiting the desperation of migrants, demanding they stop and repent during his final day in this epicenter of the African migrati...
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Suspect dead after Texas shooting kills 1 and leaves 9 others in the hospital, police say
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - Police say the suspect in a West Texas shooting that killed one person and injured nine others is dead. The shooter had been locked in a standoff Friday morning with police in Midland, Texas, hours after the shooting...
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Judge extends block on Trump's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government. ...
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Island Good Launches New Website
Island Good Launches New Website
Made here. Grown here. Connected here. Island Good launches new website to make shopping Island products easier Every choice to shop Island-made is a win for Vancouver Island communities and now it's easier than ever. Island Good has launched a newly redesigned website that helps Vancouver Islanders and visitors quickl...
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Your New Base for Holiday Gifts + Winter
Your New Base for Holiday Gifts + Winter Gear: MEC Nanaimo Is Open
If you're searching for holiday gifts and winter layers, Nanaimo has a new must-visit destination. Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) has officially opened its doors at 2517 Bowen Road, bringing its trusted lineup of outdoor gear, apparel, and expert guidance to the region, just in time for the winter season. From season...
Dec 14, 2025
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